Results 1-15 of 15 for cavan speaker:Micheál Carrigy

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Primary Care Centres (16 Apr 2024)

Micheál Carrigy: ...and 2011 due to the significant number of houses built, has a population of 2,500 to 3,000 people. Granard in north Longford services a huge rural hinterland that runs into parts of Westmeath and Cavan. In reality, we have not seen any progress on these projects. They have been talked about and promised but nothing has been delivered. I want an update on all three projects and I want...

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad: Schools Building Projects (25 Oct 2023)

Micheál Carrigy: ...on. As I said, I am a member of the board of management. Tonight is the open night in the school for children from fifth and sixth classes throughout Longford and beyond, and students from parts of Cavan and Westmeath will also attend. Indeed, my eldest son will be there tonight to help him to make the decision about where he would like to go to secondary school. Ardscoil Phádraig...

Seanad: Road Safety: Statements (27 Sep 2023)

Micheál Carrigy: ...have different rules. We need to have one rule across the country and not leave it to the local strategic policy committee, SPC, to decide. There are speed bumps in the villages in County Cavan but not in villages in my county. We need national criteria put in place in this regard. On the road safety strategy, the Vision Zero campaign seeks to reduce deaths on our roads to nil by 2050....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Jul 2023)

Micheál Carrigy: ...should have that debate. A number of Government services closed during Covid. The Department of Social Protection suboffice in Granard, north Longford, which also provides services into counties Cavan and Westmeath, still has not fully reopened. I ask the Leader to contact the Minister for Social Protection to highlight the need for that office to get back providing a full service. It...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2023)

Micheál Carrigy: ...are both of a similar mindset to make sure improvements were made. I look at my own geographical area, which we call the "Shannonside Northern Sound area", that is, counties Longford, Westmeath, Cavan, Monaghan, Roscommon and Leitrim. Two schools, with the capacity for 14% of the pupils who are in the special schools within those six counties, have come forward for a summer programme...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2023)

Micheál Carrigy: ...; that is the way forward. The summer programme was mentioned by a number of members and it is particularly disappointing in my own region, the Shannonside region which is Longford, Westmeath, Cavan, Monaghan, Roscommon and Leitrim. We only have two schools in that entire region that will provide a programme of up to two weeks and in that case it is not for all of the school's students....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Mar 2023)

Micheál Carrigy: ...duties. These are volunteers who are willing to assist An Garda Síochána in its duties and leave full-time officers to do other things. This is an idea I had many years ago. I brought it up at a meeting of Cavan County Council in 1999. Subsequent to me doing that the Minister for Justice at the time, the now Senator McDowell, brought in legislation that enabled it to go...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Services and Supports Provided by the State for Autistic People: Discussion (2 Mar 2023)

Micheál Carrigy: ...and will put forward proposals for changes that we feel the Government needs to make to ensure we have an inclusive society. If I missed a group, I apologise. My notes are slightly wrong. I call the Cavan-Monaghan Parents Committee first.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: ...A will be with parents' representatives and session B will be with academics. I welcome our witnesses to the first session today. We are joined by Ms Noeleen Smith and Ms Trina Boylan from Cavan Autism Parents Support, CAPS; Ms Aisling Byrne of Dedicated Children's Advocacy, DCA, Warriors; and Ms Miriam Kenny and Mr. Alan Power of Involve Autism Dublin 6. This is the second public...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Educational Disadvantage (12 Jul 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: ...Granard. In total, our allocation for the 2022-23 year is six positions. Some of those are actually shared positions with other schools and in the case of two schools, one is shared with a school in Cavan and the other with a school in Roscommon. There is a total of 2,600 pupils in those schools at present. On foot of the recent announcements on and review of the Delivering Equality of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (12 Jul 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: ...time today. I want to see higher staffing levels in the progressing disability services, PDS, model in Longford. In the past three weeks, two occupational therapists transferred to Mullingar and Cavan, so they are no longer in Longford. It is a priority for me and it should be a priority for the Government to fill those posts and not let a bad situation become worse. Would the Minister...

Seanad: Climate and Agriculture: Statements (25 Jan 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: ...was promised. At what stage is that progressing? It has not happened yet but it is important that would be delivered shortly. Members of the Irish Farmers Association are protesting outside Lidl in Cavan today about chicken and egg prices. Many of the multiples are cutting their prices. Irish people want to see Irish products on Irish shelves and everybody would want to get them at a...

Seanad: Public Transport: Motion (3 Nov 2021)

Micheál Carrigy: ...the country. A number of these routes are to be in my county. There are to be extra routes through the rural regions connecting into other towns outside of our county, namely, Athlone and Cavan. Some routes are also to become more frequent. That infrastructure funding is positive. I served on the committee for rural transport in Longford and Westmeath for a number of years and I have...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Rural Regeneration and Development Fund (15 Feb 2021)

Micheál Carrigy: ...of the current funding call of economic development and addressing climate change. It will be transformational, not only for Drumlish, but for the wider county of Longford and, indeed, parts of Cavan and Leitrim. I ask the Minister of State to ensure that this project is made a priority for Government funding.

Seanad: Election of Leas-Chathaoirleach (18 Sep 2020)

Micheál Carrigy: I wish Senator O'Reilly well. I will support him. I am not from Cavan but from Longford. They are neighbouring counties and rivals on the football field. I have family from Cavan who have known the Senator for many years and have been great supporters of his. Everything has been said here today. I came in when Senator Wilson was speaking and he epitomised Joe in the way he spoke. Well...